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The Moon on Tuesday, February 3, 2026: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 96.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 04°

Moon age

15.7days

Moon phase on February 3, 2026Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 3 February 2026378,222 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 3, 2026, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.9% of its visible face lit, 15.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.9%Illumination at noon UTC
15.7 dMoon age
378,222 km235,016 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (5°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 3, 2026 is on Sunday, February 1, 2026 at 22:09 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 12:01 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, February 1, 202622:09
Last Quarter (after)Monday, February 9, 202612:43

The Moon around February 3

More about this date

Tuesday, February 3, 2026 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 18, 2026 to the new moon of February 17, 2026, a cycle of 29.67 days.